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Moderation a virtue, or, A vindication of the principles and practices of the moderate…Moderation a vertue, or, A vindication of the principles and practices of the moderate…
Moderation a virtue, or, A vindication of the principles and practices of the moderate divines and laity of the Church of England represented in some late immoderate discourses, under the nick-names of Grindalizers and Trimmers / by a lover of moderation, resident upon his cure ; with an appendix, demonstrating that parish-churches are no conventicles ... in answer to a late pamphlet entitled, Parish-churches turned into conventicles, &c.Moderation a vertue, or, A vindication of the principles and practices of the moderate divines and laity of the Church of England represented in some late immoderate discourses, under the nick-names of Grindalizers and Trimmers / by a lover of moderation, resident upon his cure ; with an appendix, demonstrating that parish-churches are no conventicles ... in answer to a late pamphlet entitled, Parish-churches turned into conventicles, &c.
London: printed for Jonathan Robinson, 1683
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
5. Because we are to save and order our selves, to gain others to what is good, and to keep humane and Christian Society together, in Love, Righteousness and Peace, which will fall to pieces, except kept together by Temper and Moderation.
6. Because the most wise and experienced, the most pious and learned, the best-acquainted with God, his Laws, his Ways; the best-acquainted with the History of the Christian Church, and make the best use of it, with humane Nature, and its Welfare and Government; the most public Spirits, and best Men, have been the most moderate.
6. Because the most wise and experienced, the most pious and learned, the best-acquainted with God, his Laws, his Ways; the best-acquainted with the History of the Christian Church, and make the best use of it, with humane Nature, and its Welfare and Government; the most publick Spirits, and best Men, have been the most moderate.
These are some of the general Reasons; the particular Reasons are many, with regard to particular Persons, of differing Persuasions.